Guides and Directories

al-Bab - Mauritania
Offers links to resources about Mauritania including the media and news, travel, maps, politics and government, people, economy and environment.
http://www.al-bab.com/arab/countries/mauritania.htm

Arabji.com - Mauritania
Web directory and yellow pages.
http://www.arabji.com/Mauritania/

BBC News - Country Profile: Mauritania
Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/791083.stm

CIA - The World Factbook: Mauritania
Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mr.html

Columbia University Libraries - African Studies: Mauritania
Directory of categorized and annotated links.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/Mauritania.html

Encyclopaedia Mauritania
Information on geography, history, language, arts, and wildlife.
http://www.encyclopedia.mu/

Encyclopedia of the Nations - Mauritania
Provides information about the country's geography, people, government, economy and tourism. From Thomson Gale.
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Mauritania.html

Hejlah - The Country and People of Mauritania
Provides general information from a Columbia University source along with a directory of categorised web links.
http://www.hejleh.com/countries/mauritania.html

The Index on Africa - Mauritania
Extensive set of categorized and annotated links to web resources from the Norwegian Council for Africa (NCA).
http://www.afrika.no/index/Countries/Mauritania/

MSN Encarta - Mauritania
Online encyclopedia article, with country profile, history and links to related articles.
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761571203/Mauritania.html

NationMaster - Mauritania
Profile includes information for various aspects of the country, with a special emphasis on statistics and rankings.
http://www.nationmaster.com/country/mr-mauritania

Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: Mauritania
Annotated directory of links to web resources.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/mauritan.html

UK Foreign Office - Country Profiles: Mauritania
Overview of country's geography, history, politics, economy, international relations, travel and current affairs.
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/country-profiles/middle-east-north-africa/mauritania

University of Colorado - GovPubs: Mauritania
Links to resources from the country's own government, the United States, the United Nations and international sources.
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/for/mauritania.htm

University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center: Mauritania
Annotated directory of links to resources.
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Country_Specific/Mauritania.html

University of Texas - MENIC: Mauritania
Links to Mauritanean web resources from the Middle East Network Information Center.
http://menic.utexas.edu/Countries_and_Regions/Mauritania/

US Department of State - Mauritania
Country portal offers a map and links to Background Notes, USAID page, the US embassy and the current ambassador, press releases, fact sheets, annual Human Rights Reports and other major reports including Country and Industry Market Reports.
http://www.state.gov/p/af/ci/mr/

US Library of Congress - Country Study: Mauritania
June 1988 country profile provides information about its historical setting, society and environment, economy, government and politics, and national security.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/mrtoc.html

US Library of Congress - Portals to the World: Mauritania
Annotated directory of selected online resources concerning the country's business, culture, education, embassies, geography, government, politics, law, health, history, media, recreation, travel, religion, philosophy, science, and society.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/mauritania/mauritania.html

USAfrica: Mauritania
General information about Mauritania.
http://us-africa.tripod.com/mauritania.html

Wikipedia - Mauritania
Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the history, government and politics, geography, economy, demographics, language and culture of the West African country.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania